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CURRENT - Viewpoint With Eliot Spitzer
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Oct 24, 2012
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Viewpoint With Eliot Spitzer
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Oct 24, 2012


an abortion appropriate came into a debate for indiana candidate for senate richard mourdock against democrat joe donnelly. they both say they're pro-life. richard mourdock said this. >> the i think even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that is something that god intended to happen. >> eliot: some republicans backed off michigan quickly. mike pens has urged richard mourdock to apologize. and others say quote richard mourdock's comments damage all republicans especially romney as the fight for the women's vote intensifies. this could be a defining moment for romney and he should immediately denounce both murdoch and the comment. with the policy poll showing the lead to romney. with the race neck and neck, romney does not need the gender gap to come to the fore . andrea saul would only say governor romney disagrees with richard mourdock's comments, and they do not reflect his views. romney continued airing this richard mourdock endorsement the only ad he has released backing a senate candidate. >> i'm backing richard mourdock as senator. richard will be the 51st vote to repe
MSNBCW - The Last Word
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Oct 24, 2012
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The Last Word
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Oct 24, 2012


mourdock for senate. >> life is a gift from god, even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, it is something that god intended to happen. >> what in the world, what is going on? >> we're on drugs. we're on drugs. >> i know. >> it's not just mourdock, it's also akin. >> there are 1.3 million rapes a year. >> the female body has ways to shut the whole thing down. >> something that god intended to happen. >> the god running for vice president right now is a part of it. >> if you want to know my position on issues, ask me and i'll tell you. >> do i believe supreme courts should overturn roe versus wade? yes. >> this is the forced birth movement. >> with just 13 days until the election today, president obama embarked on a campaign trip through battleground states with the most intense 48 hour travel schedule of his re-election campaign. >> no sleep. we're starting here in iowa, we're going to colorado, then to nevada, then to florida, virginia, ohio. i am going to stop in chicago to vote. >> and president obama still had time to sit down with brian williams in colorado. >> the on
MSNBCW - The Ed Show
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Oct 26, 2012
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The Ed Show
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Oct 26, 2012


support for richard mourdock. this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >> our destiny is not written for us, it's written by us and we're going to write that next chapter together. that's why i'm asking for your vote in this election. >> florida, colorado, iowa, ohio, virginia. in los angeles with jay leno. >> the main cure is to make sure you vote. >> in nevada with katy perry. >> you know, i got my poll outfit sorted, okay? >> the president is emptying the tank for the final push. >> you may notice that my voice sounds just a little hoarse. >> as mitt romney literally runs away from questions about mourdock's rape remarks. tonight, senator barbara boxer on the romney failure to lead. "the daily beast's" michael tomasky on the president's momentum and today's big endorsement. >>> plus another plutocrat is shaking down employees to vote for romney. >>> and congressman elijah cummings on the right wing effort to true the vote by intimidating minority voters. good to have you with us tonight, folks. the latest comments about rape have the republican party scrambling and mitt romney goi
MSNBC - The Rachel Maddow Show
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Oct 25, 2012
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The Rachel Maddow Show
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Oct 25, 2012


voting in indiana right now has to be sort of a heartache for this guy, richard mourdock. indiana republican u.s. senate candidate, richard mourdock, has proven to be his own october surprise, in his race against democrat joe donnelly. mr. mourdock got to be the republican candidate in that senate race when he ousted long-time and widely respected conservative republican senator richard lugar, with the help of the tea party earlier this year. mr. mourdock combined richard lugar as just too reasonable to continue to represent indiana republicans. and now with people already able to vote in indianapolis, anytime, all i do long, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., seven days a week at the county clerk's office, now the republican party is reaping the consequences of choosing this guy. >> this fall, i'm supporting richard mourdock for senate. >> even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that god intended to happen. >> i hope you'll join me in supporting richard mourdock. >> that's part of an ad that the democratic-leaning super pac, the american bridge pac cut
MSNBCW - The Ed Show
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Oct 24, 2012
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The Ed Show
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Oct 24, 2012


. >> mitt romney, paul ryan, and the republicans have a brand-new problem. his name is richard mourdock. >> this fall, i'm supporting richard mourdock for senate. >> tonight, now president terry o'neill on romney's favorite indiana candidate. >> governor mitt romney's strong showing during the debates has put the obama campaign in full panic mode. the desperate left, they'll say anything to rebound, and once again, they are playing the race card. >> less than two weeks before the election, the crazies are coming out of the woodwork. >> president obama is the least transparent president in the history of this country. >> tonight, michael eric dyson on trump, coulter, and palin's dive off the deep end. >> if the question is what is best for low-income ohioans, shouldn't we let ohioans make that call? >> it's all about the ground game in the buckeye state. larry cohen and james hoffa lay out the game plan to deliver ohio for president obama. >> i don't blame that baby for crying. she just realized what it means if romney gets elected. >> good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for
CNNW - CNN Newsroom
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Oct 24, 2012
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CNN Newsroom
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Oct 24, 2012


today and hear about this. republican tea party-backed candidate richard mourdock running for the u.s. senate in a close race in indiana told a at any time audience that children conceived in rape are still god's gift, and part of god's will. >> i believe that life begins at conception. the only exception i have for -- to have an abortion is in that case of the life of the mother. i just -- i struggled with it myself for a long time, but i cape to realize, life is that gift from god. and i think even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that god intended to happen. >> god intended to happen. listen, rape, abortion, they are explosive flashpoint issues for the republicans. and this is one of the most costly and closely watched senate races in the country right now. remember that republicans want to gain control of the senate where democrats hold a slim majority. the tea party-backed mourdock was asked about his position on abortion. and when it came to pregnancies in cases of rape or inseft, as you heard, he said it was something, quote, god inte
CURRENT - The Young Turks With Cenk Uygur
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Oct 24, 2012
CURRENT
The Young Turks With Cenk Uygur
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Oct 24, 2012


. >> romney: there is so much at stake. i hope you'll join me in supporting richard mourdock for u.s. senate. >> cenk: you can bet your bottle dollar i will not. we'll bring that to you in a minute. and then mitt has a new new is strategy. >> i came in and and some have been holding signs that say democrats for romney. i love that. did the romney's get rich off the auto bailout. >> romney: i said absolutely not. do not write a bailout check. >> but a bailout check was written by none other than ann romney. >> cenk: and then someone who richly deserved it. you know who i'm talking about. it's go time. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> cenk: there is only one g.o.p. senate candidate that romney has backed in this election cycle. it's richard mourdock from indiana. here is his ad supporting him. >> romney: this fall i'm supporting richard mourdock for senate. richard worked with governor mitch daniels with the budget. he'll be the 51st vote to stop obama healthcare. and there is so much at stake, i hope you'll join me in supporting richard mourdock for u.s. senate. >> i'm richard mourdock. i approve this me
MSNBCW - Andrea Mitchell Reports
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Oct 25, 2012
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Andrea Mitchell Reports
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Oct 25, 2012


by the richard mourdock controversy or could be affected, we should say. governor romney asked about this, ignored the question on the stump. this is ace race that had been re, very tight already. richard mourdock, you know, memberbly was the tea party supported deeply conservative candidate in indiana who defeated dick lugar who failed to campaign, didn't even have a home address. that was a rough primary. and now you've got mourdock on the ropes but it's playing into the national race as well. >> it sure is, because the republican party and various candidates keep tripping themselves up on this very emotional issue of abortion. and i have to say, i thought what mourdock said was beyond stupid. it was actually cruel to think. if you think it's god's will that the baby's created as the pregnancy results from rape you have to think it was god's will you be raped and that's not my -- it's not a theological program, that's not my idea of religion. i do have to say it underscores the real intellectual problem that republican party and anti-abortion movement has with abortion. if you believe t
MSNBCW - Jansing and Co.
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Oct 25, 2012
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Oct 25, 2012


and his supporters to explain comments from indiana senate candidate richard mourdock. again, it's about women and abortion, comments that brought a stronger view from president obama. let me remind you first exactly what mourdock said. >> i struggled with it myself for a long time, but i came to realize life is that gift from god, and i think even when life begins in the horrible situation of rape that it is something that god intended to happen. >> so in the aftermath the president mentioned the fight for women's health just last hour at a rally in florida and here he was last night on "the tonight show." >> rape is rape. it is a crime. and so these distinctions about rape don't make too much sense to me. don't make any sense to me. >> in a press conference yesterday mourdock did not apologize for what he said, but said his words were misinterpreted. >> so many people mistook, twisted, came to misunderstand the points that i was trying to make. >> but the obama campaign wants to remind voters that with this new video that mitt romney supports richard mourdock and, in fact, he even cut
CNNW - Anderson Cooper 360
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Oct 24, 2012
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Anderson Cooper 360
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Oct 24, 2012


candidate richard mourdock said during a debate last night. >> i struggled with it myself for a long time, but i came to realize life is a gift from god and i think even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape that it is something that god intended to happen. >> just moments later the story went national. by today both political parties were fully involved on a presidential level, and republicans, mr. mourdock included, were trying to do damage control. however, he himself was not backing down. >> i believe that life itself is the greatest gift that god can give us. and i know because polling shows it at least 80% of all americans, and i'm sure at least that many hoosiers think that god is the author of all life. and i stand firmly on that belief. >> he went on to say that those who twist his comments for partisan gain typify what's wrong with washington. democratic national committee did not twist his words today. they just played them in a new ad, tying them to mitt romney. ♪ >> this fall i'm supporting richard mourdock for senate. >> even when life begins in that horrible
CNNW - Anderson Cooper 360
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Oct 24, 2012
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Anderson Cooper 360
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Oct 24, 2012


is a race for female votes. here is what richard mourdock said during a vote last night. >> i struggled with it myself fora long time. think life is a gift from god and even when it begins with horrible rape, if is something god intended to happen. >> both political parties were involved on a presidential election and republicans, mr. mourdock included were trying to do damage control. he himself is not backing down. >> i believe life i was tself i greatest gift god can give us. i know, polling shows at least 80% of all americans and i'm sure that many hoosiers think that god is the author of all life. and i stand firmly on that belief. >> those who twist his comments for partisan gain typify what's wrong with washington. and a new ad was played by democrats, tying those words to mitt romney. >> this fall i'm supporting r i richard mourdock for senate. >> even when life begins in the horrible situation of rape, it's something god intended to happen. >> the romney campaign said "governor mitt romney disagrees with richard mourdock and they disagree on policies regarding exceptions for ra
CURRENT - Full Court Press
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Oct 25, 2012
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Full Court Press
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Oct 25, 2012


everyone. john mccain is unendorsing richard mourdock. the indiana senate candidate is underfire this week for calling rape pregnancies an intentional gift from god. coincidentally, mourdock is the only senate candidate mitt romney has endorse and cut an ad for this season. he just released the ad in support of mourdock monday and the rape comments came tuesday night. mccain said he will no longer support mourdock unless he apologizes for those remarks but most republicans are staying in mourdock's corner. santorum is saying it is gotcha politics and romney says while he does not agree with his statements, he supports him for senate. >>> president obama discussed the issue yesterday in an interview with jay leno. the interview was not all serious. the two took a lighter tone when discussing donald trump. >> what's this thing with trump and you? it's like me and letterman. what's he got against you? >> obama: you know, this all dates back to when we were growing up together in kenya. >> trump said he'll donate $5
MSNBCW - PoliticsNation
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Oct 25, 2012
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PoliticsNation
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Oct 25, 2012


romney's mourdock mess. senate candidate richard mourdock's god intended rape comments are now threatening to undermine mitt romney's careful effort to appeal to voters as moderate mitt. desperate to hide the extreme republican positions on women's health, romney is just wishing and hoping this will all go away. but someone forgot to tell the press corps this morning in ohio. >> governor, do you wish senator mourdock would pull that ad? >> thank you. have a good day. >> you, too. >> that's me? >> have a great day. >> thank you. have a good day. but please don't ask be about god intending rape anymore. this is awkward for mitt romney after all at this hour romney's ad endorsing mourdock is still running in indiana and the campaign has no plans to pull support. and while governor romney tries to hide his own party is trying to keep the story out of the airways. he's in a close election and congressman mike pence running for governor in indiana and you know it's bad when governor haley barbour calls and then senator john mccain. he single handedly exposed the issue in the are repu
MSNBCW - News Nation
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Oct 24, 2012
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News Nation
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Oct 24, 2012


bit more in depth but this mourdock story line, the problem of the day for governor romney. he is saying that an ad that's up right now in indiana where he is endorsing him will not come down despite the fact the governor and the campaign strongly disagrees with the comments made last night in that debate. >> it's problematic because it's also akin and it's smith here in pennsylvania. and it furtheourturthers the na and everything matters. we are talking so much about how it's a razor thin margin and women's votes are very much in play and problematic and interesting that governor romney is not going to distinguish himself from the entire candidacy. >> let's play what mourdock said in the debate. let's play it. >> i believe that life begins at conception. the only exception i have for -- to have an abortion is in the case of the life of the mother. i just -- i struggled with it myself a long time but a life is a gift of god and e67b in the horrible situation of rape, it is something that god intended to happen. >> keith, let me bring you in and talking more regarding the female
CSPAN2 - Today in Washington
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Oct 25, 2012
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Today in Washington
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Oct 25, 2012


with c-span. >> tuesday nights indiana senate debate between state treasurer republican richard mourdock, his democratic challenger congressman joe donnelly and libertarian candidate andrew horning. "the cook political report" has the race as a tossup. >> welcome to the campus of indiana university southeast in new albany, indiana. we're here for the second of two debates featuring candidates for the u.s. senate from indiana and the debates are sponsored by the indiana debate commission. i'm dennis ryerson, retired editor of the indianapolis star and i'll be modeling tonight's debate. candidates will add to question presented to the commission by indiana voters. tonight's debate is being carried live on radio and television stations throughout indiana and also is being broadcast live nationwide on c-span. the indiana debate commission is a nonprofit nongovernment organization dedicated to expand opportunities for voters to hear candidates views on issues of importance. to learn more go to our website, indianadebatecommission.com. the debate commission's motto is putting voters first to a
CURRENT - Viewpoint With Eliot Spitzer
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Oct 25, 2012
CURRENT
Viewpoint With Eliot Spitzer
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Oct 25, 2012


opened on the new front. in comments, indiana senate candidate richard mourdock, america's sweetheart made about reign and abortion in his tuesday night debate. >> the only exception i have for -- to have an abortion is in that case of the life of the mother. i think even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that god intended to happen. >> john: ladies, that's a man deciding what god wants for you. romney continues to endorse mourdock so does south carolina senator jim demint. >> if richard mourdock doesn't win the senate seat, i'm probably going to be stuck with harry reid and the barack obama agenda for a long time to come. so i need richard mourdock's help a lot more than he needs my help. >> john: jim demint. former senator marco rubio backs him as well as mitch mcconnell and arizona senator john mccain. now mccain had denounced mourdock's comments but then came back to the republican fold after mourdock apologized not for what he said but for confusing people about what
COMW - The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
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Oct 25, 2012
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The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
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Oct 25, 2012


just got some really good news. >> i'm supporting richard mourdock for senate. >> i can't believe they are picking winners and losers like that mourdock just snalinged this plumb endorsement last week. let's check in and see what this brash young republican is all about. >> i believe that life begins at conception. the only exception i have for, to have an a dortion is in that case for the life of the mother. i struggled with it myself for a long time, but i came to realize life is that gift from god and i think even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape that it is something that god intended to happen. >> jon: well that brings us to yet another install am of our surprisingly recurring series republican candidates said what about rape now? (laughter) now i am not-- i am not a pollster, or a pundit. but here's how you know your campaign may have veered slightly into the weeds. when 1 week after your party's leader endorses your candidacy you have to call a press conference to say this. >> i absolutely abhor violence. i abhor any kind of sexual violence. i abhor rape.
KRCB - Inside Washington
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Oct 28, 2012
KRCB
Inside Washington
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Oct 28, 2012


. >> a comment during a debate made by the indiana senate candidate richard mourdock, who has been endorsed by mitt romney. >> i came to realize that life is a gift from god, and even when life begins in tht horrible suation of rap it is something that god intended to happen. >> that is the tea party's richard mourdock, who defeated federer in a foreign policy expert richard lugar and i be senatorial -- in the indiana senate for a primary bid the romney campaign said that they did not reflect his views. the women's votes -- obama has been losing some of the women's vote to rney. >> rebalancing, the first debate not that mr. mourdock said anything -- it is obvious what he was thinking. on the other hand, what he was thinking clearly is that rape much less important than preserving a life, and for a lot of women, saying that rape isn't all that important is a very unfortunate thing. romney has disagreed with them, but he has not taken back the ad he's running for mourdock. >> every time you watch the cable this shows now, you see someone from planned parenthood, or another group pro-abortion
WETA - Inside Washington
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Oct 27, 2012
WETA
Inside Washington
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Oct 27, 2012


, a comment made by 80 at senate candidate richard mourdock, who has been endorsed by mitt romney. >> life is a gift from god, and even when it begins in that horrible situation of rape, it is what god intended to happen. >> that is the tea party's richard mourdock, who defeated a veteran foreign policy expert richard lugar are in the primary. the romney campaign quickly responded that the governor disagree with th -- agrees with those comments. polls tell us that the president has been losing ground to romney among women. why is that? >> some of it is rebalancing, some of it is the effect of the first debate. i think that is this still falls along does have an effect. not because mr. mourdock said anything -- he was inartful. it was obvious what he was thinking. on the other hand, what he was thinking clearly is that rate is much less important than preserving a life in a lot of women, saying that rape is not that important is a very unfortunate thing, and romney has disagreed with them, but he has not taken back the ad he is running for mourdock. >> every time he looked on the cable news
MSNBCW - NOW With Alex Wagner
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Oct 25, 2012
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NOW With Alex Wagner
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Oct 25, 2012


, over candidate richard mourdock's rape comments while governor romney tries to keep a safe distance. any such thing as safe distance in this debate? planned parenthood president cecile richards joins us next to discuss. any seth works boston area renaissance fairs, haunted houses and nightclubs. he hawks from his bone shoppe cart. he sells through mirroring potential customer temperaments. watch "your business" sundays 7:30 on msnbc. [ horn honks ] [ male announcer ] you start your day... love you, too. ...thinking about what's important to you -- your family... ...the mortgage... the kids' college tuition. [ cellphone ringing ] but life insurance? [ horn honking ] life is unpredictable. that's why at fidelity life we want you to think about term life insurance -- taking care of your family's future expenses if something happens to you. it's easy. we get to know you and your needs, then give you our best quote and our competitors'. you choose and save up to 70%. that could mean $250,000 of coverage for just $15 a month. we offer plans with no medical exam, and we've been in business
MSNBCW - The Ed Show
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Oct 26, 2012
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Oct 26, 2012


. the mourdock explosion on the war on will. him lying to the people in ohio about shipping jobs overseas and now you have his top surrogate saying, you know when you look at colin powell, there might be another reason he's supporting barack obama. i don't know how much of a disastrous week the romney camp could have had. michael eric dyson, great to have you with us. >>> a lot more coming up in the next half hour. stay with us. we're coming back. >> there's so much at stake. >> the romney campaign now says they have no control over their ad endorsing richard mourdock. more fallout from the rape remarks. terri o'neill is next. >>> your first time shouldn't be with just anybody. >> righties freak out over the campaign's lenah dunn ham. wait until you hear what ronald reagan has to say about it. >>> and pearl jam takes on preexisting conditions. >> i have a preexisting condition. i feel like i have some hope. >> tonight pearl jm guitarist mike mccready on why the country needs to vote to keep obama care. 't spend money on gasoline. i am probably going to the gas station about once a month. last tim
MSNBCW - Hardball With Chris Matthews
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Oct 24, 2012
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Hardball With Chris Matthews
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Oct 24, 2012


they're running on. joining me is gwen moore and howard fineman. richard mourdock answered a question submitted about i a voter about his position on abortion. let's listen. >> you know this is that issue that every candidate for federal or state office faces and i, too, certainly stand for life. i know there are some who disagree and i respect their point of view but i believe life begins at conception. the only exception i have to have an abortion is in that case of the life of the mother. i just, i struggled with it myself for a long time but i came to realize life is that gift from god and i think even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape that it is something that god intended to happen. >> and there is he saying under the law woman should be denied the right to choose an abortion, she would be criminalized under his law. shortly after the debate ended mourdock's comments had gone rival. romney's spokesperson who often does the cleanup distanced her candidate. "governor romney disagrees with richard mourdock's comments and they do not reflect his views." it may have
CURRENT - Full Court Press
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Oct 26, 2012
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Oct 26, 2012


yesterday to stand up and repudiate richard mourdock. still the controversy over what richard mourdock said a few nights ago in a debate with joe donnelly. where he said his faith told him that he could not make an exception in the case -- with abortion -- not even in the case of rape, because he said even rape is part of god's plan and if you get pregnant that is something that god intended. the outrage of that, at first even john mccain came up and said no, this is not what the republican party is all about. but yesterday, there were more republicans who stood up with richard mourdock including josh mendel. again -- like scott brown in massachusetts at least was smart enough to say, oh no, no no. absolutely wrong. what he said. no, josh mandel who is running for senate in ohio appearing yesterday, said no he's a good man, richard mourdock. >> he's a gentlemen. he's a class act. a thoughtful guy. he will make a great united states senator. i think yesterday he apologized for his comments and i think he was right for apologizing for them. i disagree with the comment
MSNBCW - Martin Bashir
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Oct 24, 2012
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Martin Bashir
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Oct 24, 2012


'm supporting richard mourdock for senate. >> life is a gift from god and i think even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape it is something that god intended to happen. >> there's so much at stake. i hope you'll join me in supporting richard mourdock for u.s. senate. >> i think even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape that it is something that god intended to happen. >> this is a man who i want to see in washington to make sure that we could not just talk about changing things but actually have the votes to get things changed. will you help me elect this guy? i'm not familiar precisely with exactly what i said but i stand by what i said, whatever it is. ♪ i've got a time bomb in my mind, mom ♪ ♪ it's going to go off and i don't know when ♪ ♪ i need a doctor to extract her ♪ >>> we are 13 days out from the presidential election and if the schedules, events and remarks are any indication, this race may be nearing point break. mitt romney has just wrapped in reno, nevada, a state where he's desperate to gain an edge, despite state insiders describ
MSNBCW - News Nation
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Oct 25, 2012
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News Nation
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Oct 25, 2012


the president again went after the gop over richard mourdock's remark that pregnancy from rate is, quote, something got intended. >> as we saw again this week, i don't think any politician in washington, most of whom are male, should be making health care decisions for women. >> and mitt romney is campaigning all day in ohio hitting cincinnati this morning and columbus in the next hour. >> our campaign is about big things, because we happen to believe that america faces big challenges. we recognize this is a year with a big choice, and the americans want to see big changes and i'm going to bring it to this country. >> and ohio is exactly where the big number worth watching today is focused. "time" magazine has the president up by five points in the buckeye state. when you look at women voters in ohio, president obama is up by 19 points. in early voting president obama has a 2-1 advantage over governor romney in early voting. msnbc's joe scarborough says the new numbers scream advantage obama. >> if you were mitt romney running against barack obama's get out the vote machine, i would say
MSNBCW - The Ed Show
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Oct 26, 2012
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The Ed Show
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no plans to cut ties with richard mourdock. what kind of message does that send to american women? i'll ask terry o'neal. stay tuned. we're right back on "the ed show." i don't spend money on gasoline. i am probably going to the gas station about once a month. last time i was at a gas station was about...i would say... two months ago. i very rarely put gas in my chevy volt. i go to the gas station such a small amount that i forget how to put gas in my car. [ male announcer ] and it's not just these owners giving the volt high praise. volt received the j.d. power and associates appeal award two years in a row. ♪ but lately she's been coming in with less gray than usual. what's she up to? [ female announcer ] root touch-up by nice'n easy has the most shade choices, designed to match even salon color in just 10 minutes. with root touch-up, all they see is you. >>> when you take a look at colin powell, you have to wonder whether that's an endorsement based on issues or whether he's got a slightly different reason for preferring president obama. >> what reason would that be? >> well, i think w
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about rape. richard mourdock is running for senate in indiana and he said a mother should not have an abortion even in the case of rape, because that life is an intentional gift from god. >> i believe that life begins at conception, and even when it begins in the horrible situation of rape that it is something that god intended to happen. >> murdoch confirmed his belief that god creates life he said while he does not think god preordained rape, he does think abortion should be illegal even in the case of rape and incest. if you are wondering who might support a person like this. check out this ad. >> this fall i'm supporting richard mourdock for senate. richard will be the 51st senator to vote to repeal obamacare. >> now the romney campaign is saying he disagrees with murdoch's comments. turning to the new poll numbers out this hour, president obama has the lead in two swing states. this survey is brand new this morning from lake research and the mellman group and show the president up three in new hampshire and up by one in virginia. more bill press is coming
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his law. shortly after the debate ended mourdock's comments had gone rival. romney's spokesperson who often does the cleanup distanced her candidate. "governor romney disagrees with richard mourdock's comments and they do not reflect his views." it may have been a little late to back away given romney's ads supporting him, one of only two senate candidates he's gone out there, went out the day before. >> this fall i'm supporting richard mourdock for state senate. as state treasury richard worked with governor daniels to balance the budget and make government more accountable. as senator richard would be the 51st vote to repeal and replace government-run health care. richard will help stop the reid/pelosi agenda. there's so much at stake. i hope you'll join me in supporting richard mourdock for u.s. senate. >> there you go. we've got the candidate pushing himself away from mourdock's statement. mourdock of course is the republican nominee in the state of indiana for the united states senate. let's take a look we've got a couple guests, u.s. congressman gwen moore from wisconsin, recoun
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-existing conditions. >> this fall i'm supporting richard mourdock for senate. >> he was asked again by reporters about this matter. he did not respond to those questions. >> what he said was kind of crazy. >> it doesn't change the definition. >> rape is rape. it is a crime. >> not familiar with precisely with exactly what i said but i stand by what i said whatever it was. ♪ >>> we are just a dirty dozen days from the presidential election, and with the polls tight in the seven tossup states, you might call this the lightning round where with the candidates racing across the ghunt a furious fight for those 270 electoral votes. the president is in the air after a massive rally in virginia in the midst of an eight-state battleground blitz. he's due to land in chicago within the hour to become the first president to cast an early vote before heading off to ohio. the challenger, mitt romney, has just wrapped up at his second event today in that most crucial state, the one that's picked every president since 1960. the state that no republican has ever won the white house without. a new "time" magazine pol
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from this comment by richard mourdock, a republican senator in indiana, speaking about abortion even on tuesday. >> i think even when life begins from a horrible rape it is what god intended. >> reporter: governor romney endorsed mourdock. >> this fall i'm supporting richard mourdock for senate but on the trail today, mr. romney who has been carefully courting women voters ignored the controversy, while his campaign insisted that governor romney disagrees with mourdock and that his comments don't reflect romney's views. still, the campaign trying to swing away from the right wing says it will not ask for the ad to be removed. but one republican senator, a romney surrogate, scheduled the meeting today, cancelled her trip. her spokesperson said she disagrees with mourdock's comments, which don't represent her views. for his part, mourdock tried to clarify the remarks in a press conference this afternoon. >> i think that god can see beauty in every life. but certainly i did not intend to suggest that god wants rape. >> reporter: also today, clint eastwood who got mixed reviews, you will
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continues over the controversial comments made by an indiana senatorial candidate named richard mourdock about rape and abortion. >> it has even caught the attention of president obama while while mourdock works to clarify his statement. ainsley earhart has the for the- up this morning. >> reporter: even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that god intended to happen. >> reporter: the controversial comment about abortion made by richard mourdock has caught at tension of president obama. paying a visit to the tonight show with jay leno, mr. obama took a moment to speak about the issue. >> rape is rape. it is a crime. a crime. and these distinctions don't make sense to me. >> reporter: mourdock is working to clarify the statement. >> i did not intend to suggest that god wants rape, that god pushes people to rape, that god wants to support or condone evil in any way because that goes against the strongest base of my faith. >> reporter: his democratic opponent joe donnelly called mourdock's comments hurtful for women. >> this controversy is not about pr
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night who waded into the richard mourdock rape controversy, it allows them to be sure a message breaks through. the president notably did not tie romney to mourdock, the campaign is doing their best to make that connection in an online video. obama aides needled romney for refusing to ask the mourdock campaign to pull down an ad that features romney saying and said in their quote it's perplexing he wouldn't demand to have that ad taken down. in a news conference yesterday, mourdock tried to fix his problems saying his comments are peeing taken out of context. >> i absolutely abhor violence. i abhor any kind of sexual violence. i abhor rape. for those that want to twist comments and use them for partisan political gain, i think that's what's wrong with washington these days. >> meanwhile, the romney campaign said wednesday he's sticking by him saying we disagree on policy regarding exceptions for rape and incest but still support him. unsurprisingly, candidates in close races have disavowed mourdock's comments. a surrogate canceled a campaign trip planned with mourdock. senator john mcc
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made by indiana senatorial candidate mitch arrested mourdock. during a recent debate, mourdock said what i woman becomes pregnant by rape, that is something god intend and there should be no abortion allowed. mourdock now says he didn't intend to suggest that god wants rape or that god pushes people to rape. >>> the man accused of shooting a security guard up side the family research council is now facing new charges. federal prosecutors announced floyd lee corkins will be charged with exiting an act of terrorism. he is accused of opening fire inside the center in august. security guard leo johnson was shot but survived and is credited with wrestling the gun from corkins. >>> hurricane sandy turned deadly last night killing two in the caribbean. an earlierly man died when a boulder rolled onto his clapboard house. >>> up next, the latest on how hurricane sandy could impact our weather at home. >> how you can get a chance to be a part of this year's national christmas tree lighting? fox 5 morning news is back in just a moment. presidident obama: there's justo quit in america... and
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or state office -- >> reporter: but a new distraction cropped up where richard mourdock made jaws drop with his comments on why abortion should be outlawed in the case of rape. >> i came to realize life is that gift from god. and i think even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape that it is something that god intended to happen. >> this fall i'm supporting richard mourdock for senate. >> reporter: the problem for romney, he'd already taped this endorsement ad for mourdock. and the super pac pounced. >> it's by partisanship that's taken us to the brink of bankruptcy. we don't need bipartisanship. >> i hope you'll join me in supporting richard mourdock. >> senator. >> reporter: it didn't take long for some top republicans to distance themselves from mourdock's comments. new hampshire senator canceled an appearance with mourdock. >> the comments were made. the comments have been misunderstood. >> reporter: soon after that mourdock held a news conference to apologize. >> i don't think god wants rape. i don't think he wants that at all because rape is evil. i abhor evil. >> re
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richard mourdock for senate. >> even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, god intends it to happen. >> this is what the campaign said. >> jim, the governor seemed to have momentum and the later debate stole some progress. now his team has spent a valuable campaign day on the defensive over this. does this story concern them at all? >> i think it does. senior romney advisers were out of sight all day long. and here in iowa, and i think this is what happens when the romney campaign has a new cycle that gets out of his control. we saw that happen earlier today. before they put out that statement saying what they wanted to do. one of their top surrogates in new hampshire senator ahat who was on his list of running mates said she was not going to be joining richard mourdock on the campaign trail today. this is threading the needle for this campaign. trying to distance themselves from mourdock while at the same time not throwing him under the bus. >> we saw the obama campaign jump on this pretty quickly. do they plan to keep those attacks up beyond today? >> well, to the ext
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it if he was misunderstood while trying to explain his position on abortion. richard mourdock, running in indiana, believes that abortion should be illegal in nearly all cases but the way he phrased it brought the issue into the presidential campaign. wyatt andrews has our story. l reporter: richard mourdock gs explaining that abortion should not be permitted in the case of a rape or incest when he said this. thatife is a gift from god and i think even when life begins in k at horrible situation of rape hat it is something that god intended to happen. >> reporter: mourdock meant that with anted the pregnancy to happen, not the rape. but the damage was done. democrats, starting with the president, called the comment "outrageous and demeaning to women." the romney campaign said "the comments do not reflect governor romney's views." mourdock complained that critics grre twisting his views but today he apologized. te i abhor violence and i'm confident god abhors violence rom rape. if they came away with any mpression other than that i vor y regret it. >> reporter: mourdock stood by nsistel
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senate candidate in indiana, richard mourdock who romney only this week endorsed in a tv ad, the indiana republican set off a firestorm in a debate last night with these comments about rape and abortion. >> i struggled with it myself for a long time but i came to realize life is that gift from god and i think even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that god intended to happen. >> and they can just get along. monday's boca debate, "daily show" style. >> i congratulate him on taking out osama bin laden. drones are being used in drone strikes and i support that entirely. and feel the president was right. i want to underscore the same point the president made. i felt the same as the president did. i supported his action there. absolutely the right thing to do to have crippling sanctions. >> i think romney's leaning obama. >> good day. i'm andrea mitchell live in philadelphia today. the campaign carousel is spinning fast. the candidates whirling around and around the swing states and joining me now for our daily fix, chris cizilla, msnbc contributor and
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made by richard mourdock, the obama campaign up with a clock counting the time since mourdock's comments without the governor withdrawing his endorsement, there's no question this issue is truly important. but to really sway women voters does the president need a stronger economic appeal to those women that are on the fence in these final 11 days? >> well, first of all, it has been three days now since senate candidate richard mourdock in indiana said that the -- that the resulting pregnancy from a rape is -- was intended by god and was a gift from god. and mitt romney hasn't even said himself that he disagrees with that. he's only made that statement through a spokesperson. >> right. andrea salt came out and said they disavow that statement. >> yes. but remember when todd akin made those really extreme comments on legitimate rape, i mean, they thought it was important enough for mitt romney to say so himself. he avoided questions yesterday when asked directly whether he still endorsed richard mourdock, because he does, whether he would pull the ad, he refused to answer that q
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] [cheers and applause] now in the debate last night, one moment kinda stuck out. here's mourdock when questioned on abortion. >> i struggled with myself for a long time but i came to realize life is that gift from god, even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, it is something that god intended to happen. [audience reacts] >> stephen: okay, let me just update the "days without a gop rape mention" board. [cheers and applause] [ laughter ] [ laughter ] now mourdock's comments upset many hoosiers and also possibly god. it really makes him look like a terrible gift giver. i will say, god, next time you're stumped with picking out a good gift for the ladies, just go with an edible arrangement. [ laughter ] [cheers and applause] and mourdock is not the first member of the gop to drop the r word. first, we had missouri senate candidate todd akin who said "legitimate" rape victims couldn't get pregnant because the female body has ways of shutting that whole thing down. then there was iowa representative and angry dinner roll steve king who said he's never heard of a girl gettin
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's a candidate romney supports, indiana candidate for senate richard mourdock. >> i believe that life starts at conception. i've struggled with this but life is a gift from god and even when life begins in that horrible situation, that it is something that god intended to happen. >> pregnancy from rape is something that happened. he says he stands by them. good luck attracting women voters, sir. this all presents an awkward challenge, though, to moderate mitt romney, especially since early this week he did an ad supporting mourdock. >> this fall i'm supporting richard mourdock. there's so much at stake. i hope you'll join me in supporting richard mourdoctor u.s. senate. >> i hope you'll join me supporting richard mourdock. so what does romney say now when mourdock says rape is what god intended? >> governor romney disagrees with mr. mourdock and mr. mourdock's comments do not and flekt governor romney's views. we disagree on the policy regarding exceptions for rape and incest but we still support him. we still support him. the romney campaign will not ask the ad to be pulled. why? because th
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proving that not all men are fit for political war fair. richard mourdock trips on his helmet, hell head first into a fox hole, but will his outrageous comments hurt the rest of the gop? and later we'll gather the latest intelligence from the enemy's camp. it's a wednesday night in the war room and it's go time. it's go time. it's go time. go time. you know what time it is. go time. it's go time. it's go time. what time is it rob? here comes the young turks go time! it's go time. oh is it? then it's go. go. go. go. go. go. go. go time. anybody? anybody? what time is it? oh, right. go time! only on current tv. what we need are people prepared for the careers of our new economy. by 2025 we could have 20 million jobs without enough college graduates to fill them. that's why at devry university we're teaming up with companies like cisco to help make sure everyone is ready with the know-how we need for a new tomorrow. [ male announcer ] make sure america's ready. make sure you're ready. at devry.edu/knowhow. ♪ ♪ >>> we had a good group of people out there. >> this was a b
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. >> after the debate, mourdock backed off the comments and said rape is a horrible thing and people are twisting his words. the people who are twisting his words are absurd and sick. even so his comments erupted online. democrats quick to pounce. don't you know it, mitt romney endorsed richard mourdock for senate just a couple of days aago. >> this fall i'm endorsing richard mourdock for senate. made government more accountable. as senator, richard will be the 51st vote to repeal and replace government-run health care. >> our senior congressional correspondent dana bash is in new york this morning. democrats say romney should denounce mourdock. will he? >> it's unclear if this will happen at this point. he certainly did distance himself from mourdock. i can show you a quote from the romney campaign. andrea saul says governor romney disagrees with richard mourdock a's comments and they do not reflect his views. they don't, because the governor does believe there should be an exception for rape when it comes to abortion. the other reason they put that out is women are pretty much the

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